Another week of 2025 is coming to an end (already!), and with it comes the Diplomat’s weekly news recap. In today’s Sunday Summary, we’ll talk US trade tariffs, the Rubiales trial, and hostage exchanges. Trump’s Battle to Make Tariffs Great Again In line with the fierce protectionist stance of his first mandate, Trump is once again embracing his “America first” trade policies by threatening world leaders with increased tariffs on US imports. According to the White House, the purpose of higher tariffs is to change trade deficits — when one country imports more than it exports — by boosting the local economy: indeed, as prices for foreign goods go up, domestic alternatives become more affordable in comparison. However, what this is really doing, according to Justin Wolfers , an economist at the University of Michigan, is making prices go up...